Babe Ruth 100th Anniversary Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/12/2014
The 2012 San Francisco Giants won their second World Series title in three seasons, sweeping the vaunted Detroit Tigers lineup with stellar pitching. After tougher Divisional and National League Championship series’ which went the distance, the Giants surprisingly handled the Tigers, even beating up on 2011 Cy Young award winner Justin Verlander in the Game 1. After winning the World Series, the organization presented World Series rings to all people involved in helping the team become champions, including minor league coaches and managers such as Jesus Tavarez who managed the Giants Dominican Summer League team.
Designed and produced by Tiffany & Co., the 2012 San Francisco Giants World Series Champions Ring pays tribute to the Giants seven World Championships, and the unprecedented six elimination game victories before their sweep of the Tigers in the World Series. The face of the sterling silver championship ring features the San Francisco "SF" logo in 52 round melee diamonds. Above and below is a bezel reading "WORLD CHAMPIONS." Seven round diamonds, on each side, represent the organization's seven world championships. Total carat weight is approximately 2.57 carats. One shank of the size 11 sterling silver ring has the name “TAVAREZ” with the year "2012” flanking a city cable car – one of the iconic symbols of San Francisco. The other shank has the results of their three 2012 post season series wins with "SFG 4 – DET 0 SFG 4 – STL 2 SFG 3 – CIN 2." During the two NL series, the Giants faced SIX elimination games, obviously winning them all. Stamped inside the band is “TIFFANY & CO. AG 925” indicating the ring is 92.5% sterling silver. Ring weighs 52.8 grams and comes with an appraisal and replacement cost from Tiffany at $8500. This is tremendous ring of the second ever Giants baseball championship in San Francisco, a sweep of the Detroit Tigers, and the reminder of the old baseball adage of "good pitching will always beat good hitting". Ring comes with the original 5” x 5” x 2.5” presentation box. Near Mint condition.